{"id":103003,"date":"2026-10-07T22:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fbi-concerned-that-alleged-chinese-agent-is-a-serious-flight-risk-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:26:22","slug":"fbi-concerned-that-alleged-chinese-agent-is-a-serious-flight-risk-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fbi-concerned-that-alleged-chinese-agent-is-a-serious-flight-risk-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI concerned that alleged Chinese agent is a serious flight risk, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The FBI fears the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wanying-heather-zhang-china-surveillance-arrest-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">alleged Chinese agent<\/a><\/span> arrested at LAX on Sunday may try to flee the country if released after her court hearing on Wednesday, law enforcement sources told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators claim California realtor <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/suspected-chinese-agent-taiwan-president-son-los-angeles-federal-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Wanying Zhang<\/a><\/span> owned a business in China, regularly has money deposited in a Chinese bank account and has parents, a brother and sister currently living there, CBS News has learned.<\/p>\n<p>One law enforcement source said Zhang also had a Chinese passport that was not recovered during an FBI search of her home.<\/p>\n<p>The sources provided information anonymously as they were not authorized to speak on the record. Zhang&#8217;s husband and sister declined to comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/06\/388ba394-9232-45ff-9252-fd4f45152a76\/thumbnail\/620x679\/a79ecec05d0bae14de6f3805ab3f6c53\/zhang2.jpg#\" alt=\"Wanying \" heather=\"\" zhang.=\"\" height=\"679\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/06\/388ba394-9232-45ff-9252-fd4f45152a76\/thumbnail\/620x679\/a79ecec05d0bae14de6f3805ab3f6c53\/zhang2.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/06\/388ba394-9232-45ff-9252-fd4f45152a76\/thumbnail\/1240x1358\/f41cd612765bcd643b2090f35d13de3f\/zhang2.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Wanying &#8220;Heather&#8221; Zhang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                FBI<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Orange County mother, 34, is now facing federal prosecution for allegedly surveilling the Taiwanese president&#8217;s son in Washington last year at the direction of Chinese government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang is currently in the custody of U.S. Marshals in Los Angeles. She was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/chinese-agent-arrested-lax-taiwan-president-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested Sunday<\/a><\/span> trying to board a flight to Shanghai at Los Angeles International Airport, CBS News was first to report.<\/p>\n<p>She <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/suspected-chinese-agent-taiwan-president-son-los-angeles-federal-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">appeared briefly in court on Monday<\/a><\/span>, represented by a public defender. The judge told Zhang to get a private defense attorney by the time of her detention hearing, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, Edric Ding, a realtor at the same Irvine, California, firm, attended the hearing alongside his sister, who&#8217;s an attorney.<\/p>\n<p>According to the criminal complaint against Zhang, she attended the University of International Relations in Beijing between 2010 and 2014, which is run by China&#8217;s Ministry of State Security, the country&#8217;s intelligence agency and secret police.<\/p>\n<p>FBI counterintelligence special agent Kevin Holt wrote in his affidavit in the complaint that the ministry &#8220;recruits heavily&#8221; from the university.<\/p>\n<p>Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that Zhang was one of the top students in her class at UIR.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang&#8217;s Facebook page shows she is friends with eight current or former staff and students at the university.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, CBS News revealed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wanying-heather-zhang-china-surveillance-arrest-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Zhang&#8217;s links to a Chinese American advocacy group<\/a><\/span> with deep ties to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>She traveled to San Francisco with the organization, the All American Chinese Association, to celebrate Chinese President Xi Jinping&#8217;s visit there in 2023. Pro-China activists then attacked pro-democracy protesters outside Xi&#8217;s hotel. There is no evidence Zhang was involved in the violence.<\/p>\n<p>A photograph shows her behind an AACA banner, standing next to the group&#8217;s leader, Edward Cai, who previously served as vice president for an organization so close to the Chinese government, it was forced to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.<\/p>\n<p>FARA requires agents of foreign governments to inform the Justice Department of their status and any lobbying, attempted influence or other activities in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Cai and the AACA did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Reached by phone on Sunday, Ding told CBS News, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know anything yet.&#8221; He declined to comment further on Monday in federal court.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div 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